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''..State of California—The Resources Agency Primary# <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# <br />BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD <br />Page 2 of 3 n *CHR Status Code 5S1 <br />"Resource Name or it: Price-NreSton House <br />B1. Historic Name: Price -Preston House <br />B2. Common Name: Same <br />B3. Original Use: Single-family Residence B4. Present Use: Single-family Residence <br />*85. Architectural Style: Colonial Revival <br />*B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations): Constructed in 1948. <br />October 4, 1947. Four -room recreation room for Edward J. Foss, $900. <br />January 29, 1948. Swimming pool for Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Price. <br />November 8, 1948. Eight -room residence with garage for Dr. J. 8. Price. <br />April 3, 1995. Reroof with tear -off. Add composition. Guest house only. <br />May 3, 1999. Reroof with tear -off of shake and shingle. Install %" plywood, celotex presidential composition & 309 felt. <br />*B7. Moved? ii OYes ❑Unknown Date: Original Location: <br />*88. Related Features: <br />None. <br />89a. Architect: Unknown <br />b. Builder: William A. Rohrbarher <br />*B10. Significance: Theme Residential Architecture Area Santa Ana <br />Period of Significance: circa 1895-1965 Property Type: Single-family Residence Applicable Criteria: NR: C; CR: 3 <br />(Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address Integrity) <br />The Price House is architecturally significant as a substantially intact residential example of the late Colonial Revival. it was <br />built in 1948 for Dc J. B. Melville Price by contractor William A. Rohrbocher. The eight -room residence and garage were <br />valued at $29,680 at the time. Price, who occupied the house with his wife, Margaret, was a surgeon who practiced in Santa <br />Ana for 43 years. Born In Kansas in 1904, Price received his medical degree from Loma Linda University in 1931. Among <br />other distinctions, he served as Chief of Staff at St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange, California in 1941-1942, was on the <br />governing boards of the American Medical Association and California Medical Association, and was the physician for many <br />years of the then -Santa Ana College football team. Dr. Price retired in 1970 and moved to Yucca Valley in the desert. He <br />returned to St. Joseph's Hospital for treatment of his final illness, and he died there In 1987. <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.J <br />B11.Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and <br />*812. References: <br />City of Santa Ana Building Permits <br />Santa Ana History Room Collection, Santa Ana Public Library <br />Sanborn Maps <br />(See Continuation Sheet 3 of 3.) <br />B13. Remarks: <br />*814. Evaluator: Leslie J. Heumami <br />*Date of Evaluation: March 30, 2005 <br />(This space reserved for official comments.) <br />DPR 523E (9195) <br />3of4 <br />Sketch Map <br />Price -Preston liauso <br />2009 North Baker Street <br />i <br />I T r> <br />RA 7-E$ <br />�I <br />rte.£/) t'` 35 (34 <br />BAKER <br />"Required Information <br />